If A Glacier Collapses In Antarctica, Does It Make A Sound?
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:35:49 +0000
A science fiction writer has an idea for how to slow the speed of glaciers in Antarctica.
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Dam The North Sea! Hey, It Could Happen
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:40:34 +0000
To protect 20 countries from rising ocean levels, two researchers propose two dams across the North Sea. They hope their idea will alert people to the dangers of a warmer planet.
Last Month in Climate Science: More Injury-Related Deaths, Mass Seabird Die-Off, River Ice Disappearing
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 23:54:43 +0000
Every month, climate scientists make new discoveries that advance our understanding of climate change’s causes and impacts. The research gives a clearer picture of the threats we already face and explores what’s to come if we don’t reduce emissions at a quicker pace
An Iceberg the Size of Tampa Just Broke Off an Antarctica Glacier
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:58:00 +0000
As these so-called calving events become more common, scientists are increasingly worried about the integrity of the glaciers.
Read moreWorst Case Climate Change Scenario Is Scary, But The Reality Could Be Even Worse
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:00:50 +0000
Are climate models accurate? Do “worst case scenarios” do more harm than good? In the end, none of that will matter if humans don’t stop depending on fossil fuels as the basis of their existence.
Airport Runways Underwater: Rising Seas Threaten 80 Airports (Maps)
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 03:00:55 +0000
“While global climate-related threats like droughts, wildfires and biodiversity loss get a lot of attention (and rightfully so), one problem is quietly creeping up on us, and it could have disastrous consequences,” Mansie Hough at the World Resources Institute (WRI) recently wrote in an email to CleanTechnica
New Jersey First State To Require Planners To Consider Climate Change
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:00:26 +0000
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has directed the state’s DEP to draft new land use rules that will take into account the impact of climate change before new permits are issued.
New Submarine To Explore Underside Of Thwaites Glacier In Antarctica
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 19:20:19 +0000
A team of researchers from the US and the UK are camped on the Thwaites Glacier in a remote part of Antarctica where they will attempt to drill through 600 meters of ice to insert a torpedo shaped drone into the waters below.
This Century Is An Era Of Climate Retreat, Both Managed & Unmanaged
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:55:19 +0000
What do we protect? What do we make resilient? What do we abandon, and how? What do we avoid? These are major global questions for the 21st Century
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Comments That Miami Is At Climate Risk, & Right-Wing Media Erupts In Howls
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:05:33 +0000
AOC is actually holding out false hope for Miami. She thinks that southern Florida has a chance still. But that’s because she doesn’t yet know enough